CHAPTER 7
CITY CEMETERY
SECTION:
8-7-1: Purpose
8-7-2: General Provisions
8-7-3: Definitions
8-7-4: Ownership And Certificates
8-7-5: Procedures
8-7-6: Funeral And Interment
8-7-7: Rules And Landscaping
8-7-8: Markers And Monuments
8-7-9: Decorating Gravesites And Other Regulations
8-7-10: Infant Cemetery
8-7-1: PURPOSE:
The purpose of the cemetery is to provide an affordable, peaceful and well maintained permanent resting place and memorial for the deceased. (Ord. 13-2016, 2-9-2016; amd. Ord. 05-2024, 2-13-2024)
8-7-2: GENERAL PROVISIONS:
The cemetery is owned by the city, and shall be operated and maintained by the city parks department. Cemetery records shall be maintained by the city. (Ord. 13-2016, 2-9-2016; amd. Ord. 05-2024, 2-13-2024)
8-7-3: DEFINITIONS:
BODY:
The remains of one human body (cremated or otherwise) or the remains of a mother and such mother's infant child.
CEMETERY:
The real property owned by Lehi City, used and reserved for interment of the dead.
CERTIFICATE FEE:
The fee charged by the city for issuing a duplicate certificate or by transferring certificate or transferring interment rights, adding names or documents to the certificate records, as set forth therein.
CITY:
Lehi City Corporation.
DISINTERMENT:
The opening or excavation of an existing space.
FEE SCHEDULE:
The current Lehi City fee schedule as adopted and amended by the Lehi City council.
INFANT:
A fetus or a child up to two (2) years of age whose remains will fit into ½ the normal sized space in a combination casket vault that is less than five (5) feet wide by five (5) feet long.
INFANT CEMETERY:
The section of the Cemetery reserved for the burial of infants
INTERMENT OR INTER:
The burial of a body into a space.
LOT:
An area containing eight (8) spaces.
NONRESIDENT:
Any person who is not a resident of Lehi City.
RESIDENT:
Any person who is a legal resident of Lehi City.
SPACE:
A legal and authorized gravesite generally measuring five feet by ten feet (5' x 10') and intended for interment.
TRANSFER:
To sell, donate, exchange, trade or convey a space. (Ord. 13-2016, 2-9-2016; amd. Ord. 05-2024, 2-13-2024)
 
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